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The graveyard is kept in great condition. There are two tombs in the graveyard, one of which is in memory of John McGuiness, who died on 2nd September1870. The oldest headstone was from 1747 and is to the memory of John Donworth who died on 9th March 1747. Resently a map of the graveyard was erected showing the 
location of graves.
The present day graveyard in Dromin contains the church ruins which is believed to have been built in the 16th Century and used for Protestant worship after the reformation. As you enter the site of the ruin, the 
first feature of the ruin that you see is what looks to be the remains of a bell tower but it was actually the living quarters of the parish priests. Over the doorway there is a plaque to the Gubbins family, who owned Maidstown castle. Inside the church there is what appeared at first to be the entrance to a tunnel. Legend has it that there was a tunnel that went from here to Maidstown castle. However, according to "Limerick - the Rich Land", this opening is a crypt which is believed to be the burial place of John Ormsby who was a member of the local gentry.
The oldest headstone in Athlacca graveyard was from 1896 and is the headstone of Patrick Power who died 18th October 1896, 
Aged 57. Due to lack of space some of the ground in the old church of Ireland is now being used as a graveyard. This new section of the graveyard is seperate to the old section of the graveyard.
There are a large number of old headstones in this graveyard, which was used a as burial place for both Catholics and Protesants. The oldest headstone was Pakie Casey who died on 15th May 1750. Near the bell tower in the graveyard, there are a number of tombs and there is a large headstone on the ground. This headstone is only partially intact but contains the names David, John and Thomas Lacy and the date 1623. The Lacys may have actually been the De Lacys who lived in the area as landlords.
This graveyard was used during the famine and as a result there are a large number of marker stones in the graveyard. The oldest headstone was from 1813 and was in memory to Nancy Moloney who died on 19th December 1813.